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ok here it is from a different view

Did you heighten the wing?

yeahhhhhhhh looks better and may give a bit more down force on the rear wheels

Good idea. Spoilers on an RC car seem to be much more effective than one might expect...

i want to lower the body now, the rear is easy enough but the front is a bit tricky

agemax wrote:

ok here it is from a different view

From this angle, it looks a little silly. The wheels are far too small... But from the side it looks killer.

What I would do, is make wheel covers from spraycan lids, too make it look more "hot-rod-ish"




something like this...

good idea but it would be tricky to mount them. it may look better if i can lower it.
i am stuck with the wheels and tires at the moment so i have to make do with what i got

Oh yeah, right on track with the Lotus.
I've been thinking about a Grasshopper hot rod too...
Seems that Parma made a body like that in the past.
If only one of these could be found.

You could (simply) do what I did to give the back of the car some more impact btw :



Serves as a good gearbox protection too...

where did you get that cover from?

agemax wrote:

where did you get that cover from?

Made it myself - it's a piece of aluminium bent in a curve with four holes drilled in it (not in that order btw) which I attached over the axles with two tie wraps. After I sprayed it black.
And I'll tell ya it's done it's functional job quite well :



A piece of the gearbox would have surely broken off at the arrow otherwise...
Grasshoppers that have been driven a lot often have a gearbox with the whole flange on the underside shaved off.